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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Nottingham
Nottingham has 500 employee jobs in freight transport by road, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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What the official data says about Nottingham
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Nottingham holds 500 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 1,000 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Nottingham than either number on its own. Warehousing outweighs road freight here, which usually means more distribution running out of large sites.
Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 1,740 employee jobs in Nottingham, out of 213,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 205 freight transport by road workplaces in Nottingham at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 200 of them, 97.6%, employ under ten. Small yards are where most newly passed class 2 drivers get a first year.
Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Nottingham, 100 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 20.3%, so Nottingham sits level with it, 6th of 10 areas on this measure. A part-time share around this level usually means relief and weekend rounds counted alongside the permanent drivers.
Two further counts round out the Nottingham picture: 240 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.11% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Nottingham ranks 9th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 4,125, against 1,000 in Nottingham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Nottingham in that order sit Leicester at 1,000 and Rutland at 50.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Nottingham ranks 9th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 53, against 5 in Nottingham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Nottingham in that order sit Derby at 10 and Rutland at 5.
These are 500 jobs and 205 workplaces that exist in Nottingham, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 500
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 213,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 205
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 200
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 100
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 1,740
The class 2 driver role
Class 2 is category C: a rigid over 7.5 tonnes, everything from a curtainsider to a tipper to a bin lorry. Most of the work is regional, multi-drop and hands on, and most drivers are home every night.
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Nottingham: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Nottingham?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 500 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Nottingham and 1,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 440 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a class 2 driver earn in Nottingham?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Nottingham: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 205 freight transport by road workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is class 2 driver work in Nottingham full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 20% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Nottingham, 100 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for hgv class 2 driver jobs in Nottingham?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Nottingham sets out what that employer asks for.